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Topics in the News: Tort Reform


John McCain on Homeland Security : Dec 9, 2007
Hiding torture is wrong, and harms US credibility abroad

Q: This report that the CIA destroyed tapes of its interrogation of two terror detainees--do you believe that the agency was trying to hide something?

A: I do not know. But the actions were absolutely wrong. I'm glad that the attorney general is going to investigate it. This harms the credibility and the moral standing of America in the world, again. There will be skepticism and cynicism all over the world about how we treat prisoners and whether we practice torture or not.

Q: The CIA director says the tapes were destroyed to protect the identity of the officers involved in the interrogation. Do you buy that?

A: We certainly want to do everything we can to protect the identities of those in the CIA. But he was advised not to [destroy the tapes] b several people, including high-ranking members of the administration. We're also setting up a false argument here between torture & moral high ground. That doesn't have to be. We have to keep the moral high ground. We can do it without torturing people.

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Mike Huckabee on Homeland Security : Dec 9, 2007
Torture is unproductive, and should not be US policy

I don't believe that we ought to torture. I think it's a policy that is beneath us. It is obviously unproductive. And every single military person with whom I've spoken, people who actually have been trained & who have been on either side of this issue, either being tortured or being asked to do it--I've got to tell you, I can't find anybody who says that ought to be the policy of the United States.
Click for Mike Huckabee on other issues.   Source: Fox News Sunday: 2007 "Choosing the President" interviews

Mitt Romney on Homeland Security : Nov 28, 2007
Not wise for us to describe our interrogation techniques

Q: Considering that Mr. McCain is the only one with any firsthand knowledge on the subject of waterboarding, how can those of you sharing the stage with him disagree with his position against torture?

A: I do not believe that as a presidential candidate, it is wise for us to describe precisely what techniques we will use in interrogating people. I want to make sure these folks are kept at Guantanamo. I don't want the people that are carrying out attacks on this country to be brought into our jail system and be given legal representation in this country. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed went to Guantanamo and he met G.I.s and CIA interrogators. And that's just exactly how it ought to be.

Click for Mitt Romney on other issues.   Source: 2007 GOP YouTube debate in St. Petersburg, Florida

John McCain on Homeland Security : Nov 28, 2007
Waterboarding is torture; we're not going to torture people

Q: [to Romney]: Considering that Mr. McCain is the only one with any firsthand knowledge on the subject of waterboarding, how can those of you sharing the stage with him disagree with his position against torture?

ROMNEY: I do not believe that as a presidential candidate, it is wise for us to describe precisely what techniques we will use in interrogating people.

McCAIN: I am astonished that Mitt would think such a torture would be inflicted on anyone who we held captive and anyone could believe that that's not torture. It's in violation of the Geneva Convention. It's in violation of existing law. If we're going to get the high ground in this world and we're going to be the America that we have cherished and loved for more than 200 years. We're not going to torture people. It's clear the definition of torture. [Waterboarding] is in violation of laws we have passed.

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Fred Thompson on Homeland Security : Nov 4, 2007
Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake

Q: You were quoted saying: "Thompson noted the US does not support torture, then indicated he would not be opposed to waterboarding if national security were at stake. 'As a general proposition, the measures have to meet the situation.'"

Q: Now there, I was quoted exactly right.

Q: You would use torture if you thought it would get the information?

A: I never used the word torture. The measures must meet the circumstances. And I'm not sure what it would take. We're having a big public debate now on a technique which I know very little about. It sounds very gruesome to me. But the president has an obligation to do what I just said, and I can't imagine anybody being president who wouldn't make that decision.

Q: So you would use techniques that you felt necessary?

A: Yes.

Q: And pay the consequences for using those if, in fact, they turned out to be torture?

A: I would answer to whatever decision that I made. And I would do what was necessary to protect those who carried out my orders.

Click for Fred Thompson on other issues.   Source: Meet the Press: 2007 "Meet the Candidates" series

John McCain on Homeland Security : Nov 4, 2007
Waterboarding is torture; & as A.G., Mukasey will declare it

Q: You say you're going to vote for Michael Mukasey's nomination to become the next Attorney General, even though you are strongly opposed to waterboarding [which Mukasey would not condemn as torture]. Explain to our viewers why.

A: Mukasey said that he believes that the president does not have the authority to violate existing law concerning treatment of prisoners. That means clearly that waterboarding is illegal. He also has said that he finds waterboarding repugnant. I have written him saying then there is no doubt that once you get briefed then you will declare waterboarding as torture. And so I am confident that he will declare that practice illegal, and therefore I will vote to support his nomination.

Q: You yourself say there is no doubt about it, waterboarding is torture.

A: It is torture. There's no doubt about it. Mr. Mukasey will get briefed on the specific procedures that are being used. And I have every anticipation that he will say that it's illegal and that it is torture.

Click for John McCain on other issues.   Source: CNN Late Edition: 2007 presidential series with Wolf Blitzer

Hillary Clinton on Homeland Security : Oct 30, 2007
FactCheck: Yes, in 2006 condoned exceptions on torture

Barack Obama accused Clinton of flip-flops on torture: Obama is right. In an interview with the New York Daily News in October 2006, Clinton condoned torture, saying, "In the event we were ever confronted with having to interrogate a detainee with knowledge of an imminent threat to millions of Americans, then the decision to depart from standard international practices must be made by the President. That very, very narrow exception within very, very limited circumstances is better than blasting a big hole in our entire law."

But in a debate in New Hampshire last month, Sen. Clinton shifted her position, when offered a similar ticking time bomb case, responding, "As a matter of policy, torture cannot be American policy, period." To our ears, that sounds like a reversal.

Click for Hillary Clinton on other issues.   Source: FactCheck.org on 2007 Democratic debate at Drexel University

Fred Thompson on Government Reform : Oct 21, 2007
FactCheck: supported some tort reforms; opposed others

Giuliani accused Thompson of being "the single biggest obstacle to tort reform" in the Senate, while Thompson said, "I supported tort reform" as it applied to securities and product liability lawsuits. Giuliani and Thompson are BOTH mostly right about the latter's position on various tort measures.
Click for Fred Thompson on other issues.   Source: FactCheck.org on 2007 GOP primary debate in Orlando

Fred Thompson on Government Reform : Oct 21, 2007
Tort reform ok for liability lawsuits; leave rest to states

GIULIANI: Fred was the single biggest obstacle to tort reform in the US Senate. He stood with Democrats over and over again. He voted against $250,000 caps on damages, which they have in Texas. He voted against almost anything that would make our legal system fairer: loser pays rules, things that would prevent lawsuits like that $54 million lawsuit by that guy who lost his pants--you know? That cost that family $100,000 in legal fees. I think the man should have to pay the family for the $100,000. Fred Thompson, along with very few Republicans, blocked tort reform over and over and over again.

THOMPSON: I supported tort reform with regard to securities legislation. I supported tort reform with regard to product liability legislation, things that have to do with interstate commerce. I think it appropriately passed. I supported and worked for those things. Local issues belong at the state level. Most states have passed tort reform. That's our system. It's not all federalized.

Click for Fred Thompson on other issues.   Source: 2007 GOP primary debate in Orlando, Florida

Rudy Giuliani on Government Reform : Oct 21, 2007
Supports tort reform like "loser pays" rule

GIULIANI: Fred was the single biggest obstacle to tort reform in the US Senate. He stood with Democrats over and over again. He voted against $250,000 caps on damages, which they have in Texas. He voted against almost anything that would make our legal system fairer: loser pays rules, things that would prevent lawsuits like that $54 million lawsuit by that guy who lost his pants--you know? That cost that family $100,000 in legal fees. I think the man should have to pay the family for the $100,000. Fred Thompson, along with very few Republicans, blocked tort reform over and over and over again.

THOMPSON: I supported tort reform with regard to securities legislation. I supported tort reform with regard to product liability legislation, things that have to do with interstate commerce. I think it appropriately passed. I supported and worked for those things. Local issues belong at the state level. Most states have passed tort reform. That's our system. It's not all federalized.

Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: 2007 GOP primary debate in Orlando, Florida

Rudy Giuliani on Government Reform : Oct 21, 2007
FactCheck: Thompson with GOP; not obstacle to tort reform

Giuliani and Thompson seemed to contradict each other about a pet Republican cause, changes to the civil legal system. Giuliani accused Thompson of being "the single biggest obstacle to tort reform" in the Senate, while Thompson said, "I supported tort reform" as it applied to securities and product liability lawsuits.

When Republicans use the term tort reform, they're generally talking about making it more difficult for individuals to file lawsuits against, say, doctors, toy manufacturers or dry cleaners for alleged wrongs, or in some cases capping the monetary damages that plaintiffs are awarded.

It's hard to see how anyone could think that Thompson was the "single biggest obstacle" to these changes in the legal system when he was in the Senate. Thompson voted with a majority of his fellow Republicans on some measures, with a large bloc of Democrats on others, but he was no crusader, nor did his vote ever prove decisive (none of the votes were that close).

Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: FactCheck.org on 2007 GOP primary debate in Orlando

Rudy Giuliani on Government Reform : Oct 9, 2007
Frivolous lawsuits eat up 2.2% of GDP

[We need to] do something about legal reform. It's 2.2 percent of our GDP now is spent on all of these frivolous lawsuits. It's double any other industrialized nation. We don't get control of that, that's another way in which we're going to eat up our future.
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Rudy Giuliani on Government Reform : Oct 9, 2007
FactCheck: Frivolous lawsuits don't eat 2.2% of GDP

Giuliani misstated a statistic when he said that "2.2% of our GDP now, is spent on all these frivolous lawsuits. It's double any other industrialized nation." That figure comes from a 2005 study of the costs of civil claims of negligence (called tort claims) that gives the total cost associated with all such legal disputes--but in no way attempts to distinguish between "frivolous" ones and lawsuits of merit. The lead author of that study told us that the study "looked at all torts; we don't segregate between legitimate and illegitimate."

Also, Giuliani is slightly off when he compares the US to other nations. That same study did find that the total costs in 2003 and 2004 amounted to 2.2% of the US' gross domestic product, a figure that is double Germany's 2003 costs (1.1% of GDP) but not quite twice as large as Italy's (1.7%). The 2006 update of the study, however, found that costs as a percentage of GDP had slipped to 2.09% in the US.

Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: FactCheck.org on 2007 Republican debate in Dearborn MI

Ron Paul on Government Reform : Sep 17, 2007
Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God

Q: Would you support the Constitution Restoration Act that prevents federal courts from hearing lawsuits brought to stop public officials from acknowledging God in such ways as the Pledge of Allegiance, public display of the Ten Commandments, & public prayer?HUNTER: At the first Constitutional Convention in 1787, they began each session with a prayer with the supplication to God.
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John Cox on Government Reform : Sep 17, 2007
Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God

Q: Would you support the Constitution Restoration Act that prevents federal courts from hearing lawsuits brought to stop public officials from acknowledging God in such ways as the Pledge of Allegiance, public display of the Ten Commandments, & public prayer?HUNTER: At the first Constitutional Convention in 1787, they began each session with a prayer with the supplication to God.
Click for John Cox on other issues.   Source: [Xref Hunter] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate

John McCain on Principles & Values : Sep 17, 2007
Absent from Values Voter Presidential Debate

Q: You and other members of Congress filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin Right to Life for airing TV ads to encourage the public to lobby their senators to oppose the filibuster of the judicial candidates. Was it really your goal to gag and prevent groups from being involved in the legislative process during the 60 days before a general election, and 30 days prior to a primary election, as your campaign finance reform law required?

SEN. MCCAIN: [absent from podium]

MODERATOR: Silence. Next question.

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Ron Paul on Government Reform : Sep 17, 2007
We are drifting rather rapidly into a totalitarian state

Right now, we are drifting rather rapidly into a totalitarian state. We have been too willing to sacrifice our liberties for this so-called sense of security. We need more faith that the right of habeus corpus should be protected, and we have to understand the National I.D. Card is not going to work. That only registers and regulates the American people, and we don't need secret prisons. We don't need torture. We need American values and traditions. We need to believe in ourselves.

And I would like to reiterate the true doctrine of war written by Christianity, the doctrine of just war, is that you do it only under certain circumstances. You don't do it for UN resolutions. You don't do it for weapons that don't exist. You need to do it with a moral justification. If we would have declared a war, we wouldn't be debating the war now. It would be over, and we'd all be a lot better off, and we would have 5,000 Americans still alive, and 30,000 uninjured!

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Duncan Hunter on Government Reform : Sep 17, 2007
Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God

Q: Would you support the Constitution Restoration Act that prevents federal courts from hearing lawsuits brought to stop public officials from acknowledging God in such ways as the Pledge of Allegiance, public display of the Ten Commandments, & public prayer?HUNTER: At the first Constitutional Convention in 1787, they began each session with a prayer with the supplication to God.
Click for Duncan Hunter on other issues.   Source: 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate

Dennis Kucinich on War & Peace : Sep 13, 2007
Assassination is extrajudicial killing; not even Osama

Q: You said on my show you would not give the order to assassinate Osama Bin Laden.

A: Our Constitution has been trashed by this administration. Former President Gerald Ford understood there are dangers when you use assassination as a tool. Assassination is really what's called an extrajudicial killing. Look at the entire way this administration has changed our Constitution and what America's values are. Extrajudicial killings are now licensed. Abu Ghraib, tortures--licensed. Guantanamo--people are not permitted to have a right to a trial. Habeas corpus has been trashed. You're looking at the one person who really understands what this document, the Constitution, is all about. I want equal justice. I want Osama Bin Laden brought to justice. Now, if he resists in an attempt to arrest him, you know, whatever happens, happens. But I think that we as a country need to reinstate this Constitution. This is the basis of our strength.

Click for Dennis Kucinich on other issues.   Source: Huffington Post Mash-Up: 2007 Democratic on-line debate

Barack Obama on Principles & Values : Sep 13, 2007
Reach out to faith community;faith has role in public square

Q: We've heard a lot of talk about Democrats courting the Christian evangelical vote. But there are no commandments saying do not rape, do not torture, or do not commit incest.

A: Yes, there are some inconsistencies and hypocrisy of people who mix religion and politics sometimes. I have said it's important for Democrats to reach out to the faith community, and the reason is because 90% of Americans believe in God. It's a source of values. It's a source of their moral compass. And I know it's a source of strength for me and my family. I think it's important for us not to presume that faith has no part in the public square. Look at Martin Luther King, the abolitionists, the suffragettes. We have a long history of reform movements being grounded in that sense often religiously expressed that we have to extend beyond ourselves and our individual immediate self-interests to think about something larger.

Click for Barack Obama on other issues.   Source: Huffington Post Mash-Up: 2007 Democratic on-line debate

Chris Dodd on Homeland Security : Sep 6, 2007
Maintain Geneva Conventions; keep restrictions on torture

Q: Would you allow a presidential exception to allow torture if we captured a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative who knew about an impending attack?

A: I would disagree with that. This was all part of the Military Commissions Act which was adopted last fall. There were only a handful of us that voted against it at the time. And I've written legislation to overturn it. I'll offer no better witness here than John McCain, who said that during those terrible years he was incarcerated and tortured, he would say anything to those interrogators in order to stop the physical pain. So we need to reinforce the idea here; this is a dreadful way to collect information We need to do other things to make sure it happens. But walking away from international conventions, as we did with the Geneva Conventions to disallow the restrictions on torture, I think, is a mistake, and also to walk away from habeas corpus.

Click for Chris Dodd on other issues.   Source: 2007 Democratic primary debate at Dartmouth College

Bill Richardson on Homeland Security : Sep 6, 2007
I will restore habeas corpus and the rule of law

I will be a president that follows the Constitution of the United States. I will also be a president that will bring back habeas corpus and the rule of law. I will also be a president that will shut down Guantanamo. I will also be a president that will follow the Constitution and not permit torture as a tool in our foreign policy. I will not eavesdrop on American citizens. And I will not go to war, unless I get the consent of Congress.
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Barack Obama on Homeland Security : Sep 6, 2007
America cannot sanction torture; no loopholes or exceptions

America cannot sanction torture. It's a very straightforward principle, and one that we should abide by. Now, I will do whatever it takes to keep America safe. And there are going to be all sorts of hypotheticals & emergency situations & I will make that judgment at that time. But what we cannot do is have the president state, as a matter of policy, that there is a loophole or an exception where we would sanction torture. I think that diminishes us and it sends the wrong message to the world.
Click for Barack Obama on other issues.   Source: 2007 Democratic primary debate at Dartmouth College

Hillary Clinton on Homeland Security : Sep 6, 2007
Torture cannot be American policy, period

Q: Let's say we were to capture the #3 man in Al Qaida, and we know there's a bomb about to go off, and we have 3 days, and we know this guy knows where it is. Should there be a presidential exception to allow torture in that kind of situation?

A: As a matter of policy it cannot be American policy, period. There is very little evidence that it works. Now, there are a lot of other things that we need to be doing that I wish we were: better intelligence; working to have more allies. But these hypotheticals are very dangerous because they open a great big hole in what should be an attitude that our country and our president takes toward the appropriate treatment of everyone. And I think it's dangerous to go down this path.

Q: The guest who laid out this scenario for me with that proposed solution was William Jefferson Clinton last year. So he disagrees with you.

A: Well, he's not standing here right now.

Q: So there is a disagreement?

A: Well, I'll talk to him later.

Click for Hillary Clinton on other issues.   Source: 2007 Democratic primary debate at Dartmouth College

Joe Biden on Homeland Security : Sep 6, 2007
Commitment to never use torture; no part of our policy, ever

Q: Would you allow a presidential exception to allow torture if we captured a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative who knew about an impending attack?

A: No, I would not. I met 17 three- and four-star generals who, after my making a speech pointing out I would not under any circumstances sanction torture, I thought they were about to read me the riot act. The generals said, Biden, will you make a commitment you will never use torture? It does not work. It is part of the reason why we got the faulty information on Iraq in the first place is because it was engaged in by one person who gave whatever answer they thought they were going to give in order to stop being tortured. It doesn't work. It should be no part of our policy ever--ever.

Click for Joe Biden on other issues.   Source: 2007 Democratic primary debate at Dartmouth College

Bill Richardson on Homeland Security : Sep 6, 2007
Maintain Geneva Conventions; keep restrictions on torture

I will do everything I can to fight terrorists. That's the main obligation of the American people. But that doesn't mean we become like terrorists and abridge our own freedoms. What the Bush administration has been using is called waterboarding. That is unacceptable not just with the Geneva Conventions, but in the spirit of our nation being a nation that respects human rights. That's not us. I would not permit it.
Click for Bill Richardson on other issues.   Source: 2007 Democratic primary debate at Dartmouth College

John McCain on Homeland Security : Sep 5, 2007
Torture supported only by people without military experience

TANCREDO: [to McCain]: I would certainly waterboard--I don't believe that is "torture." I would do what is necessary to protect this country.

McCAIN: It was interesting during the debate on torture, retired military, from Colin Powell on down, and others, sided with me. Those who had no military experience took the other side. [The military consensus is that] any information that we may gain through the use of torture can never, ever be counterbalanced by the damage it does to America's reputation

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Ron Paul on Civil Rights : Sep 5, 2007
Use power of presidency to restore habeas corpus

Increasing presidential powers is rather disturbing to me. Don't we remember that when you sacrifice liberty for security, you lose both? That's what's happening in this country today. We have a national ID being implemented right now. We have warrantles searches. We've lost habeas corpus. We've had secret prisons & we have torture going on. That's un-American, and we need to use the power of the presidency to get it back in order, in order to take care of us and protect this country & our liberties.
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Duncan Hunter on Immigration : Sep 5, 2007
FactCheck: Only 9 miles of fence in San Diego after 11 years

Hunter's implication is highly misleading, that an 854-mile border fence would cut smuggling for the US like the San Diego fence did. For one thing, San Diego's fence just shifted smuggling to other points. For another, only 9 of the 14 miles of the San Diego fence have been completed since 1996. Lawsuits, logistical difficulties & other issues have tied the project up, so the notion that hundreds of miles of fencing could be finished in 6 months, as Hunter promises if he's elected, seems far-fetched.
Click for Duncan Hunter on other issues.   Source: FactCheck.org on 2007 GOP debate at UNH

Tom Tancredo on Homeland Security : Sep 5, 2007
Waterboarding--simulated drowning--is not toruture

Q: You have said the president should have the power to approve enhanced interrogation techniques, like waterboarding (simulated drowning) in cases where conventional interrogation is not getting the job done. Would you approve the use of torture if you felt it would prevent a terrorist attack?

A: Torture. I mean, we get into this debate all the time, and as to what exactly is the definition of torture. The question that elicited the response that you mentioned was, what do we do [to prevent detonation of] a nuclear device. Yes, I would certainly waterboard--I don't believe that that is "torture." I would do what is necessary to protect this country. That is the ultimate responsibility of the president. All of the other powers vested in him pale in comparison to his responsibility to keep the people of this country safe. And, yes, I would go to great lengths to keep this country safe.

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Newt Gingrich on Technology : Sep 1, 2007
Invest in scientific revolutions: energy, space, environment

[We can meet] the triple economic challenges of an explosion in technological knowledge, an increasingly competitive world market, and the rise of China & India by implementing:
  1. A new system of civil justice to reduce the burden of lawsuits and to incentivize young people to go into professions other than the law.
  2. A dramatically simplified tax code that favors savings, entrepreneurship, investment, & constant modernization of equipment & technology.
  3. Math & science education [that encourages] young Americans to both discover the science of the future and to compete successfully with other well-educated societies.
  4. Investing in the scientific revolutions that are going to transform our world--particularly in energy, space, & environment.
  5. Transforming health care into a 21st Century Intelligent Health System that improves our health while lowering costs dramatically. In the process, American health care will become our highest value export and foreign exchange earning sector.
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Chris Dodd on Homeland Security : Aug 19, 2007
Should have filibustered vote to abandon habeas corpus

Q: Where in your past didn't you tell the whole truth?

Q: Maybe one of the worst votes cast in the Congress, maybe in the last 20 years, was last fall, on the Military Commissions Act, in which we allowed the abandonment of habeas corpus, returning to torture, and abandoning the Geneva Convention. I thought about filibustering that bill, and I didn't do it. I regret that deeply. I can't think of a worse vote we cast, to walk away from the Constitution.

Click for Chris Dodd on other issues.   Source: 2007 Democratic primary debate on "This Week"

Hillary Clinton on Homeland Security : Jun 20, 2007
Administration secrecy shreds the Constitution

Our Constitution is being shredded. We know about the secret wiretaps, the secret military tribunals, the secret White House e-mail accounts. We've seen U.S. attorneys fired to silence them because they didn't bring bogus lawsuits against Democrats during election years. We've seen information taken off of government websites. It is a stunning record of secrecy and corruption, of cronyism run amok. It is everything our founders were afraid of, everything our Constitution was designed to prevent.
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Barack Obama on Homeland Security : Jun 19, 2007
Close Guantanamo and restore the right of habeas corpus

Why don't we close Guantanamo and restore the right of habeas corpus, because that's how we lead, not with the might of our military, but the power of our ideals and the power of our values. It's time to show the world we're not a country that ships prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in far off countries. We're not a country that runs prisons which locks people away without ever telling them why they're there or what they're charged with. We're not a country which preaches compassion to others while we allow bodies to float down the streets of major American cities. That's not who we are.

We're America. We're a nation that liberated a continent from a mad man, that lifted ourselves from the depths of depression, that won civil rights and women's rights and voting rights for all our people. We're the beacon that has led generations of weary travelers to find opportunity and liberty and hope on our doorstep. That's who we are.

Click for Barack Obama on other issues.   Source: Take Back America 2007 Conference

John Edwards on Homeland Security : Jun 19, 2007
Close Guantanamo; end torture; comply with Geneva

It is time for us to show the leadership that America and the world needs from us. And there is so much work to do. And it's not just ending the war in Iraq. You know, the first thing we have to do is we have to establish America as a force for good in the world again. You look at what's happened: the war in Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, torture, the illegal spy on the American people, and by the way, on the first day that I'm sworn in as president of the United States, I will close Guantanamo.

But it's about first stopping the damage, stopping the damage that this president and this administration have done, and we need to do those things. We need to make it absolutely clear that we're leaving Iraq, we need to close Guantanamo, we need the president of the United States to say to the world, America will neither condone or engage in torture, that we will comply with Geneva.

Click for John Edwards on other issues.   Source: Take Back America 2007 Conference

Rudy Giuliani on Foreign Policy : Jun 10, 2007
Iran is dangerous; not 10 years from nuclear weapons

Q [to Richardson]: Rudy Giuliani said, "The problem the Democrats make is, they're in denial. That's why you hear things like 'Iran really isn't dangerous; it's 10 years away from nuclear weapons.' Iran is not 10 years away from nuclear weapons." How far would you go? Would you use tactical nuclear weapons if necessary to prevent Iran from having a nuclear bomb?

RICHARDSON: The Republicans are stuck in the status quo on immigration, they want to expand torture, they want to keep these flawed policies in the Middle East and Iraq going. This is how I would deal with Iran. I would talk to them, but I would build an international coalition that would promote and push economic sanctions on them. Sanctions would work on Iran. What I would promote would be a tough negotiation with Iran. But the reality is that if we bring Iran and Syria, we could possibly lessen the instability in Iraq, and make some progress on the Middle East situation, on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: CNN Late Edition: 2007 presidential series with Wolf Blitzer

Hillary Clinton on Families & Children : Jun 8, 2007
1970s: "I want to be a voice for America's children"

Hillary's experience at CDF inspired her to focus on children's rights. This was a fledging area of the law, as the rights of children had traditionally been covered by family law. Beginning in the early 1960s, several courts began carving out case law that decreed that children possessed a number of limited legal rights.

Hillary learned that children needed their own advocates when they were victims. A lawyer filed a lawsuit on behalf of a woman who sued the Connecticut Department of Social Services, attempting to overturn its decision that foster parents were not eligible to adopt. Hillary lost the case, but it introduced Hillary to a new calling. "I realized that what I wanted to do with the law was to give voice to children who were not being heard."

Hillary's mom, Dorothy Rodham, had overcome deep emotional scars with the unselfish help of caring adults and now Hillary knew she wanted to give this gift too. "I want to be a voice for America's children," she declared.

Click for Hillary Clinton on other issues.   Source: Her Way, by Jeff Gerth & Don Van Natta, p. 42-43

John Edwards on War & Peace : Jun 3, 2007
The War on Terror is just a bumper sticker slogan

I will do absolutely everything to find terrorists where they are, to stop them before they can do harm to us, before they can do harm to the US or to its allies. Every tool available-military, alliances, intelligence-I will use. But what this global war on terror bumper sticker-political slogan, it's all it's ever been. It was intended to do was for Bush to use it to justify everything he does. The ongoing war in Iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, spying on Americans, torture, none of those things are OK.
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Al Gore on Homeland Security : May 16, 2007
Our government condones torture for first time in history

For the first time in American history, the Executive Branch of our government has not only condoned but actively promoted the treatment of captives in wartime that clearly involves torture, thus overturning a prohibition established by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War.

It is too easy--and too partisan--to simply place the blame on the policies of Pres. Bush. We are all responsible for the decisions our country makes. We have a Congress. We have an independent judiciary. We have checks and balances. We are a nation of laws. We have free speech. We have a free press. Have they all failed us? Why has America's public discourse become less focused and clear, less reasoned? Faith in the power of reason--the belief that free citizens can govern themselves wisely and fairly by resorting to logical debate on the basis of the best evidence available, instead of raw power--remains the central premise of American democracy. This premise is now under assault.

Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore

Al Gore on Homeland Security : May 16, 2007
Mass eavesdropping threatens integrity of Bill of Rights

The disclosure that our government has been cruelly and routinely torturing captured prisoners--and was continuing to do so as official policy--provoked surprisingly little public outcry, even though it threatened America's values and moral authority in the world. Similarly, the disclosure that the executive branch had been conducting mass eavesdropping on American citizens without respecting the constitutional requirement that it obtain judicial warrants--and was continuing to do so--caused so little controversy that the Congress actually adopted legislation approving and affirming the practice. Yet this action threatened the integrity of the Bill of Rights, which is at the heart of America's gift to human history.
Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore, p. 53

John McCain on Homeland Security : May 15, 2007
Torture is ineffective as interrogation & for world opinion

Q: Let's say terrorists mounted 3 successful suicide attacks in the US, and a 4th attack was averted and the terrorists captured. How aggressively would you interrogate those being held about where the next attack might be?

A: That is a million-to-one scenario. But I would take that responsibility [to authorize aggressive interrogations. However,] we could never gain as much from that torture as we lose in world opinion. We do not torture people. When I was in Vietnam, one of the things that sustained us as we underwent torture, is the knowledge that if we had our positions reversed, we would not impose that kind of treatment on them. It's not about the terrorists, it's about us. It's about what kind of country we are. The more physical pain you inflict on someone, the more they're going to tell you what they think you want to know. We have procedures for interrogation, adequate in 999,999 [out of a million] cases, and if we agree to torture people, we will do ourselves great harm in the world.

Click for John McCain on other issues.   Source: 2007 Republican Debate in South Carolina

Rudy Giuliani on Homeland Security : May 15, 2007
Use every method you can think of to interrogate terrorists

Q: Let's say terrorists mounted 3 successful suicide attacks in the US, and a 4th attack was averted and the terrorists captured. How aggressively would you interrogate those being held about where the next attack might be?

A: If we know there's going to be another attack and these people know about it, I would tell the people who had to do the interrogation to use every method they could think of. It shouldn't be torture, but every method they can think of.

Q: Would you support enhanced interrogation techniques like water-boarding?

A: Well, I'd say every method they could think of, and I would support them in doing that. I've seen what can happen when you make a mistake about this, and I don't want to see another 3,000 people dead in New York or any place else.

Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: 2007 Republican Debate in South Carolina

Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control : May 14, 2007
Supported nationwide licensing & assault weapons ban

Q: One of the raps against you is that as mayor you did things that pleased your city but that weren't necessarily good for the nation. Case in point: Gun control. You now say that what works in New York doesn't necessarily work in Montana. But as mayor, you supported the nationwide Clinton assault weapons ban. You supported nationwide federal licensing. And you actually joined a lawsuit to make gun manufacturers liable if someone used their gun to shoot somebody.

A: I did everything I could as mayor o New York City to reduce crime. And the strategy against guns, both civil and criminal, was very aggressive.

Q: But that wasn't just tough in New York City, it was tough around the nation.

A: But so was the strategy I utilized in New York City on everything. I was criticized for being too aggressive about the enforcement of the laws, including the gun laws. But the reality is I began with the city that was the crime capital of America. When I left, it was the safest large city in America.

Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: Fox News Sunday: 2007 "Choosing the President" interviews

Chris Dodd on Foreign Policy : Apr 10, 2007
Constructive engagement to rebuild international relations

I believe we need new structures and new architectures. It's not only important that we talk about what needs to be done to get out of Iraq, but what do we do in the post-Iraq period. That's one of the reasons that I'm emphasizing the surge in diplomacy. I want to see an era of constructive bold engagement by the US, where we rebuild the relationships with the US seen once again as a source of good: where we condemn torture, not condone it; where we end wars, not start them; where we engage the world to be part of smart decisions to allow all of us to live in better opportunity, better hope and prosperity for all people. So, one of the reasons why I'm so strongly opposed to the military commissions act, why I've introduced legislation to overturn that decision which gets rid of habeas corpus, condones torture, and moves us away from the Geneva Conventions. Those are very dangerous moves, and we ought to be doing everything we can to reassert the role of the United States in a very positive way.
Click for Chris Dodd on other issues.   Source: Virtual Town Hall on Iraq, sponsored by MoveOn.org

Joe Biden on War & Peace : Apr 10, 2007
Stop training thugs as the national Iraqi police force

Q: The Iraq Study Group report says that, "Iraqi police cannot control crime, and they routinely engage in sectarian violence, including the unnecessary detention, torture, and targeted execution of Sunni Arab civilians." In effect, the US is sponsoring and training Iraqi police who are engaged in ethnic cleansing. What should Congress do about this?

A: We should stop training the national Iraqi police force. Two years prior to the Iraqi study group report, I wrote a similar report on the very same thing, after visiting Iraq. I pointed out there was no vetting of recruits, no way to weed out criminals, and that in fact, sectarian thugs were making up the police force. That is why it is so critically important to give local control to the Sunni-, Shia & Kurds in their own regions over their police force, so that we don't end up in a situation where these thugs continue to undermine the security of neighborhoods. There's room for a national army, but not for a national police force.

Click for Joe Biden on other issues.   Source: Virtual Town Hall on Iraq, sponsored by MoveOn.org

John McCain on Homeland Security : Apr 2, 2007
Torture has never worked throughout history

Q: Former CIA Director Tenet now says that the intelligence that they got from harsh interrogation techniques was more valuable than all other CIA programs. Were you wrong to limit what CIA interrogators could do?

A: If you torture someone, they're going to tell you anything they think you want to know. It is an affront to everything we stand for and believe in. Every retired military officer, everybody who's been in war doesn't want to torture people and think that it's the wrong thing to do. And history shows that. We cannot torture people & maintain our moral superiority in the world.

Q: But George Tenet says...

A: I don't care what George Tenet says. I know what's right. I know what's morally right as far as America's behavior.

Q: But Tenet says we saved live through some of these techniques...

A: I don't accept that fundamental thesis, because it's never worked throughout history. That's just a fundamental fact. We've gotten a huge amount of misinformation from these techniques

Click for John McCain on other issues.   Source: Fox News Sunday: 2007 "Choosing the President" interviews

John McCain on Homeland Security : Apr 2, 2007
Close Guantanamo Bay prison; announce no-torture policy

Q: How would you fight the War on Terror differently than it's being fought now?

A: I would probably announce the closing of Guantanamo Bay. I would move those detainees to Fort Leavenworth. I would announce we will not torture anyone. I would announce that climate change is a big issue, because we've got some image problems in the world. Clearly, in the area of "propaganda," in the area of the war of ideas, we are not winning--well, in some ways we are behind. Al-Jazeera and others maybe, in my view--may sometimes do a better job than we are. At the end of the day, it's how people make up their minds as to whether they want to embrace our values, our standards, our ideals, or whether they want to go the path of radical Islamic extremism, which is an affront to everything we stand for and believe in.

Click for John McCain on other issues.   Source: Fox News Sunday: 2007 "Choosing the President" interviews

Joe Biden on Jobs : Mar 14, 2007
Bush tries to strip away 100 years of labor progress

Bush is waging a war on labor. There is a middle class in America for only one reason: organized labor. If not for organized labor, where would you find a job where you had some sense that you had a shot of leaving behind something better than you inherited?

This administration is lined up 10 deep to strip away 100 years of labor progress. They focus on tort reform, court reform, and labor reform--the only three things that stand between the giants & average people. It's time to say "no more."

Click for Joe Biden on other issues.   Source: 2007 IAFF Presidential Forum in Washington DC

Bill Richardson on Homeland Security : Feb 8, 2007
Convince Muslims by closing Guantanamo & stopping renditions

[The war on terror] is a clash between civilization and barbarity. We need to present the Arab and Muslim worlds with a better vision than the apocalyptic fantasy of the Jihadists. For this to be credible, we need to live up to our own ideals. Prisoner abuse, torture, secret prisons, renditions, and evasion of the Geneva conventions must have no place in our policy. If we want Muslims to open to us, we should start by closing Guantanamo.
Click for Bill Richardson on other issues.   Source: Campaign website, www.RichardsonForPresident.com, "Newsroom"

Sam Brownback on Government Reform : Feb 2, 2007
Consistent supporter of tort reform

The Club for Growth supports major reforms to our tort system to restore a more just and less costly balance in tort litigation. Senator Brownback has been a consistent supporter of tort reform. He has voted for several measures to limit the number of frivolous lawsuits and place caps on punitive awards, demonstrating his understanding of how lawsuit abuse harms the economy. These measures include:
Click for Sam Brownback on other issues.   Source: Club for Growth, "Second Presidential White Paper"

Al Gore on Homeland Security : Jan 16, 2006
Bush allows torturing prisoners in breach of int'l law

The executive branch has claimed a previously unrecognized authority to mistreat prisoners in its custody in ways that plainly constitute torture, Over 100 US captives have reportedly died while being tortured. And, in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, investigators estimated that more than 90% of the torture victims were completely innocent of any criminal charges whatsoever.

This is a shameful exercise of power that overturns a set of principles that your nation has observed since George Washington first enunciated them during our Revolutionary War. They have been observed by every president since then until now. They violate the Geneva Conventions, the International Convention Against Torture and our own laws against torture.

After appearing to support legislation sponsored by Sen. McCain to stop the continuation of torture, the president declared that he reserved the right not to comply with the bill.

Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: Al Gore's speech on Constitutional issues

Hillary Clinton on Abortion : Oct 11, 2005
Voted liberal line on partial birth & harm to fetus

Click for Hillary Clinton on other issues.   Source: Condi vs. Hillary, by Dick Morris, p. 85-86

John McCain on Health Care : Nov 7, 2004
Supports tax-free medical savings accounts & tax credits

Click for John McCain on other issues.   Source: National Political Awareness Test (NPAT)

John Edwards on Crime : Oct 5, 2004
Put more responsibility on the lawyers, not the victims

CHENEY: We need to cap non-economic damages, and we also think you need to limit the awards that the trial attorneys take out of all of this. Over 50 percent of the settlements go to the attorneys and for administrating overhead.

EDWARDS: I'm proud of the work I did on behalf of kids and families against big insurance companies, big drug companies and big HMOs. We do have too many lawsuits. And the reality is there's something that we can do about it. We want to put more responsibility on the lawyers to require to have the case reviewed by independent experts to determine if the case is serious and meritorious before it can be filed; hold the lawyers responsible for that, certify that and hold the lawyer financially responsible if they don't do it; have a three-strikes-and-you're-out rule so that a lawyer who files three of these cases without meeting this requirement loses their right to file these cases. That way we keep the cases out of the system that don't belong in the system.

Click for John Edwards on other issues.   Source: [Xref Cheney] Edwards-Cheney debate: 2004 Vice Presidential

Al Gore on Principles & Values : May 26, 2004
Religious persecution of the Iraqis is a terrible irony

[One Abu Ghraib prisoner of the US] was tortured and ordered to denounce Islam and after his leg was broken one torturer started hitting it while ordering him "to thank Jesus that I'm alive." Others were forced to eat pork and drink alcohol. What a terrible irony that our country, which was founded by refugees seeking religious freedom - coming to America to escape domineering leaders who tried to get them to renounce their religion - would now be responsible for this kind of abuse.
Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: Speech on Iraq, with MoveOn PAC at NYU

John Edwards on Government Reform : Nov 7, 2003
Hold attorneys accountable for frivolous lawsuits

Q: Your position on the issue of civil tort reform?

A: I am proud of my 20 years work against powerful insurance companies and drug companies. I believe we have the best legal system in the world, but it is not perfect and can be improved. For example, doctors and health care providers are facing rising malpractice premiums and are having difficulty getting reimbursement for the services they provide. I have proposed that we put additional responsibilities on attorneys who file malpractice cases by requiring that they have the cases reviewed by independent experts who determine that they are serous and meritorious before a case can be filed and that the attorneys certify that this has been done. If an attorney fails to meet their obligations the attorney would be held accountable. And I would impose a three strikes and you're out rule so that if an attorney violated the requirement three times they would lose their right to file such cases for a substantial period of time.

Click for John Edwards on other issues.   Source: Concord Monitor / WashingtonPost.com on-line Q&A

Dennis Kucinich on Homeland Security : Aug 1, 2003
Terminating ABM treaty was unconstitutional

Kucinich filed a lawsuit in federal district court to block the President from withdrawing from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. The President's termination of the ABM Treaty represents an unconstitutional repeal of a law duly enacted by Congress.
Click for Dennis Kucinich on other issues.   Source: Campaign website, www.Kucinich.us, "On The Issues"

Mike Huckabee on Health Care : Nov 1, 2002
Guaranteed medical care not government's responsibility

Click for Mike Huckabee on other issues.   Source: 2002 AR Gubernatorial National Political Awareness Test

Al Gore on Principles & Values : Nov 28, 2000
Again offers statewide recount; Bush again rejects it

Two weeks ago, I proposed to forego any legal challenge if Gov. Bush would let a complete and accurate count go forward, either in the counties where it was proposed or in the full state of Florida. He rejected that proposal and instead became the first to file lawsuits and now, thousands of votes still have not been counted.

This morning we have proposed to the court in Tallahassee a plan to have all the ballots counted in seven days starting tomorrow morning. And to have the court proceedings fully completed one or two days after that.

Once we have that full and accurate count of the ballots cast, then we will know who our next president is and our country can move forward. Unfortunately, just about an hour ago Gov. Bush’s lawyers rejected this proposal. Instead, they have proposed two weeks of additional court proceedings and additional hearings right up to the Dec. 12 deadline for seating electors, and under their plan, none of the thousands of votes that remain would be counted at all.

Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: Gore Statement in Washington DC

Al Gore on Principles & Values : Nov 27, 2000
Still have not had a full & accurate count

That is all we have asked since Election Day: a complete count of all the votes cast in Florida. Not recount after recount as some have charged, but a single, full and accurate count. We haven’t had that yet. Great efforts have been made to prevent the counting of these votes. Lawsuit after lawsuit has been filed to delay the count and to stop the counting for many precious days between Election Day and the deadline for having the count finished.

And this would be over long since, except for those efforts to block the process at every turn. Many thousands of votes that were cast on Election Day have not yet been counted at all, not once.

There are some who would have us bring this election to the fastest conclusion possible. I have a different view. I believe our Constitution matters more than convenience. So, as provided under Florida law, I have decided to contest this inaccurate and incomplete count, in order to ensure the greatest possible credibility for the outcome.

Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: Speech on primetime national television

Mike Huckabee on Government Reform : Oct 1, 2000
Negative campaigning works with some voters but not with God

Living life for the ultimate--living beyond our lifetime--requires that we think not in terms of getting rid of those who oppose us. Instead, we should overcome them with superior ideas and values.

My family has had to endure attacks I never would have imagined before running for office. Frivolous lawsuits instigated by political opponents who are unable to find real issues can create distractions. Some members of the media are willing to take baseless allegations and not only report them but repeat them over and over.

Although attacking others will sometimes work with voters, it will not work as we stand before God's judgment seat. He will judge based on what he knows, not on what our critics have said about us.

Click for Mike Huckabee on other issues.   Source: Living Beyond Your Lifetime, by Mike Huckabee, p. 20-34

Al Gore on Gun Control : Sep 30, 2000
No special lawsuit protection for gun makers

Gore has a checkered history when it comes to guns. As a Congressman in rural Tennessee, he was not against them As a senator and Vice president, he changed tack completely, working hard for the Brady Bill and the ban on assault weapons. It is perhaps his proudest association with the president, after the economy. Gore would:
  • introduce mandatory photo licenses for handgun purchases
  • limit gun sales to one per person per month
  • crack down on gun shows
  • ban “junk guns” (cheap handguns often used in violent crimes)
  • increase penalties for knowingly selling a gun to someone ineligible to purchase one
  • require gun manufacturers and federally-licensed sellers to report gun sales to a state authority
  • oppose efforts to provide special legal protection for gun manufacturers, or to loosen existing limits on concealed weapons
  • increase penalties for gun-trafficking and gun-related crimes
    Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: The Economist, “Issues 2000” special

    Rudy Giuliani on Gun Control : Jun 26, 2000
    NYC sued two dozen major gun manufacturers and distributors

    On June 20th [2000], I was pleased to announce that the City of New York filed a lawsuit against two dozen major gun manufacturers and distributors. This is an industry which profits from the suffering of innocent people. The lawsuit is intended to end the free pass that the gun industry has enjoyed for a very long time, which has resulted in too many avoidable deaths.
    Click for Rudy Giuliani on other issues.   Source: NYC.gov press release, "Lawsuit"

    John McCain on Principles & Values : Feb 28, 2000
    Faith bridges unbridgeable gaps in humanity

    Many years ago a scared American prisoner of war in Vietnam was tied in torture ropes by his tormentors and left alone in an empty room to suffer through the night. Later in the evening a guard he had never spoken to entered the room & silently loosened the ropes to relieve his suffering. Just before morning, that same guard came back and re-tightened the ropes before his less humanitarian comrades returned. He never said a word to the grateful prisoner, but some months later, on a Christmas morning, as the prisoner stood alone in the prison courtyard, the same good Samaritan walked up to him and stood next to him for a few moments. Then with his sandal, the guard drew a cross in the dirt. Both prisoner and guard both stood wordlessly there for a minute or two, venerating the cross, until the guard rubbed it out and walked away.

    That is my faith; the faith that unites and never divides; the faith that bridges unbridgeable gaps in humanity. It is the faith I would die to defend.

    Click for John McCain on other issues.   Source: Speech in Virginia Beach, VA

    Al Gore on Gun Control : Jun 18, 1999
    Counter gun lobby with ‘family lobby’ to shield kids

    Gore stressed the need for stricter gun control laws. “Families need help getting guns off our streets, out of our schools and away from children and criminals,” he said. “And I say to every family in America: Let us create a family lobby as powerful as the gun lobby. If we did that, then instead of fighting off new protections for gun manufacturers that would shield them from lawsuits, we can start passing legislation to actually shield our children from gun violence,” Gore said.
    Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: CNN.com/AllPolitics “Family agenda”

    Al Gore on War & Peace : Apr 21, 1999
    Bomb until Serb forces withdraw & refugees return.

    We will roll back Milosevic’s reign of terror - and we will not stop until he withdraws his forces, allows the refugees to return, and accepts an international security force to protect all Kosovars, including the Serb minority, as they work toward the self-government they once enjoyed and still deserve. If he refuses to back down, we will continue to target and degrade the military capacity he uses to repress and torture the people of Kosovo.
    Click for Al Gore on other issues.   Source: Speech on 50th Anniversary of NATO, Ellis Island, NY

    Bill Richardson on Health Care : Nov 1, 1996
    Supports managed competition & medical savings accounts

    Click for Bill Richardson on other issues.   Source: 1996 Congressional National Political Awareness Test

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